League pitching leaders -- Empire State League
Regular season -- as of 7/22/2007

Earned run average Strikeouts Walks
           
HalladayWW 2.08 SabathiaAC114 RobertsonWW46
Escobar200 3.19 SantanaWW97 CainAC46
MecheAC 3.33 McGowanWW90 YoungAM45
Bannister200 3.35 LillyDD85 Zito20041
YoungAM 3.46 ShieldsAM81 LowryAC39
McGowanWW 3.49 YoungAM79 MarquisDD34
BlantonWW 3.57 Escobar20077 McGowanWW34
ShieldsAM 3.77 VerlanderAM74 VerlanderAM34
SabathiaAC 3.95 CainAC73 LooperAM33
CainAC 4.19 Hernandez20070 Escobar20032
           
           
Wins Winning percentage Average run support
           
SabathiaAC10-3 YoungAM .818 HalladayWW 6.7
HalladayWW10-4 SabathiaAC .769 SabathiaAC 6.4
YoungAM9-2 ShieldsAM .750 Hernandez200 6.3
ShieldsAM9-3 LowryAC .750 YoungAM 5.7
GallardoAC7-0 HalladayWW .714 BlantonWW 5.4
Escobar2007-3 Escobar200 .700 RobertsonWW 5.0
RobertsonWW7-5 CorpasAC .625 Escobar200 4.9
LowryAC6-2 SheetsDD .625 ShieldsAM 4.9
CainAC6-4 CainAC .600 SantanaWW 4.7
LillyDD6-5 RobertsonWW .583 CainAC 4.6
           
           
Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
Bannister200 .227 Bannister200 .271 HalladayWW .317
YoungAM .233 HalladayWW .273 YoungAM .362
McGowanWW .236 ShieldsAM .292 McGowanWW .363
HalladayWW .237 McGowanWW .305 Bannister200 .380
Escobar200 .244 SabathiaAC .306 RobertsonWW .380
MecheAC .254 Escobar200 .306 CainAC .383
RobertsonWW .254 MecheAC .308 Escobar200 .399
ShieldsAM .257 BlantonWW .315 BlantonWW .402
CainAC .259 YoungAM .319 ShieldsAM .412
VerlanderAM .263 LillyDD .326 MecheAC .413
           
           
Hits per 9 innings Walks per 9 innings Runners per 9 innings
           
Bannister200 7.6 SabathiaAC 1.3 Bannister200 9.8
McGowanWW 8.0 HalladayWW 1.7 HalladayWW 9.8
YoungAM 8.0 ShieldsAM 1.7 ShieldsAM 10.9
HalladayWW 8.0 Bannister200 1.8 McGowanWW 11.4
Escobar200 8.5 BlantonWW 1.9 MecheAC 11.5
RobertsonWW 8.7 BuehrleAM 2.1 SabathiaAC 11.7
MecheAC 8.7 SantanaWW 2.6 Escobar200 11.7
ShieldsAM 9.1 MecheAC 2.6 BlantonWW 12.1
CainAC 9.1 LillyDD 2.7 YoungAM 12.6
VerlanderAM 9.2 Escobar200 3.0 LooperAM 12.9
           
           
Strikeouts per 9 innings Homeruns per 9 innings Stolen bases per 9 innings
           
SabathiaAC 9.0 HalladayWW 0.3 Bannister200 0.0
McGowanWW 9.0 McGowanWW 0.4 BuehrleAM 0.0
SantanaWW 8.8 CainAC 0.7 Hernandez200 0.0
YoungAM 7.8 BlantonWW 0.7 LooperAM 0.0
LillyDD 7.7 Bannister200 0.7 RobertsonWW 0.0
ShieldsAM 7.3 YoungAM 0.9 ShieldsAM 0.0
Escobar200 7.2 SabathiaAC 0.9 YoungAM 0.0
Hernandez200 7.0 RobertsonWW 1.0 Zito200 0.0
CainAC 6.8 ShieldsAM 1.0 HalladayWW 0.1
VerlanderAM 6.6 LillyDD 1.0 SabathiaAC 0.1
           
           
Shutouts Quality starts Quality start percentage
           
HalladayWW3 HalladayWW14 HalladayWW .933
Bannister2002 MecheAC13 McGowanWW .857
BakerDD1 McGowanWW12 Escobar200 .800
BlantonWW1 Escobar20012 MecheAC .765
MecheAC1 ShieldsAM11 ShieldsAM .733
SabathiaAC1 BlantonWW11 YoungAM .667
    SabathiaAC11 BlantonWW .647
    YoungAM10 SabathiaAC .647
    Bannister2009 Bannister200 .643
    LillyDD9 RobertsonWW .533
           
           
Save Opportunities Saves Save percentage
           
PapelbonAM24 PapelbonAM24 PapelbonAM1.000
NathanDD21 AccardoAC15 AccardoAC .938
AccardoAC16 NathanDD15 StreetWW .867
StreetWW15 StreetWW13 Soria200 .769
Soria20013 Soria20010 NathanDD .714
CorderoAM7 CorderoAM3    
PenaAM6 Wilson2002    
BroxtonDD5 CorpasAC2    
CorpasAC5 JonesWW1    
FuentesAC4 CappsDD1    
           
           
Holds Blown saves Blown save percentage
           
CruzAC12 NathanDD6 NathanDD .286
CappsDD10 PenaAM5 Soria200 .231
Shields20010 BroxtonDD4 StreetWW .133
RiskeWW9 CorpasAC3 AccardoAC .063
MeredithAM8 CorderoAM3    
SorianoAC8 Soria2003    
JonesWW7 PerezWW2    
PenaAM7 Speier2002    
JanssenDD7 SorianoAC2    
Speier2006 FuentesAC2    
           
           
Innings Batters faced per game Complete games
           
HalladayWW116.2 HalladayWW31.00 HalladayWW6
SabathiaAC114.0 BuehrleAM28.93 Bannister2003
BlantonWW113.1 SabathiaAC28.47 BlantonWW2
MecheAC105.1 BlantonWW28.35 BushAM1
VerlanderAM101.2 VerlanderAM27.75 BakerDD1
ShieldsAM100.1 Bannister20027.64 VerlanderAM1
LillyDD99.1 ShieldsAM27.60 MecheAC1
SantanaWW99.1 RobertsonWW27.33 SabathiaAC1
Bannister20096.2 Escobar20027.27    
CainAC96.2 Hernandez20027.27    
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
SabathiaAC32 Bannister2005 SantanaWW29
JamesDD29 LillyDD5 BuehrleAM23
BuehrleAM26 Santana2004 JamesDD20
MorrisDD24 MarquisDD4 LooperAM20
LooperAM24 McGowanWW4 Santana20018
LillyDD24 LooperAM4 Zito20018
SantanaWW24 ShieldsAM4 MarquisDD15
McGowanWW23 CainAC4 VerlanderAM15
BlantonWW23 YoungAM3 Hernandez20013
MecheAC22 Escobar2003 MecheAC12
           
           
Stolen bases Steal percentage Pickoffs
           
VerlanderAM3     Zito2001
BakerDD2        
McGowanWW2        
MorrisDD2        
BlantonWW1        
CainAC1        
Escobar2001        
GallardoAC1        
HalladayWW1        
Hill2001        
           
           
Hit by pitch Wild pitches Balks
           
VerlanderAM10 VerlanderAM9 YoungAM3
SabathiaAC6 CainAC7 PenaAM2
MarquisDD5 LowryAC5 RobertsonWW2
LowryAC5 McGowanWW5 Speier2001
MorrisDD5 LillyDD5 AccardoAC1
SantanaWW5 PerezWW4 FrasorDD1
BushAM4 PenaAM4 DempsterAC1
Bannister2004 Hernandez2004 Hernandez2001
BuehrleAM4 MecheAC4 VerlanderAM1
Parra2003 Shields2003    
           
           
Games Starts Batters faced
           
FuentesAC32 BlantonWW17 SabathiaAC484
Shields20031 LillyDD17 BlantonWW482
CappsDD30 MecheAC17 HalladayWW465
CorpasAC30 SabathiaAC17 VerlanderAM444
JanssenDD30 SantanaWW17 SantanaWW442
BroxtonDD29 CainAC16 LillyDD439
CruzAC28 VerlanderAM16 MecheAC438
Wilson20028 Zito20016 BuehrleAM434
FrasorDD27 BuehrleAM15 CainAC431
NathanDD27 Escobar20015 Zito200425
           
           
Games finished Runners left scored percentage Inherited runners scored pct
           
PapelbonAM27 Hernandez200 .000 FuentesAC .150
AccardoAC24 SantanaWW .000 PapelbonAM .167
NathanDD23 HalladayWW .000 Wilson200 .188
Soria20021 BlantonWW .083 Shields200 .222
StreetWW16 LooperAM .125 FrasorDD .250
Wilson20015 RobertsonWW .222 MeredithAM .273
GagneWW14 LillyDD .231 JanssenDD .294
BroxtonDD14 CainAC .235 CorpasAC .318
CorderoAM13 Bannister200 .250 PerezWW .379
CorpasAC11 Zito200 .286 BroxtonDD .412
           
           
Ground ball DP Decisions Losses
           
BlantonWW20 HalladayWW14 JamesDD2-11
HalladayWW19 SantanaWW14 Santana2001-9
MecheAC17 JamesDD13 MarquisDD1-8
LooperAM15 BlantonWW13 LooperAM3-8
RobertsonWW15 SabathiaAC13 SantanaWW6-8
Zito20014 Bannister20012 BuehrleAM4-7
MorrisDD13 RobertsonWW12 MecheAC5-7
Hernandez20012 ShieldsAM12 BlantonWW6-7
MarquisDD11 MecheAC12 Hill2001-6
LowryAC11 McGowanWW11 VerlanderAM3-6
           
           
On-base plus slugging Walks plus hits per inning Strikeout/walk ratio
           
HalladayWW .590 Bannister200 1.04 SabathiaAC 6.7
Bannister200 .651 HalladayWW 1.08 ShieldsAM 4.3
McGowanWW .668 ShieldsAM 1.20 SantanaWW 3.3
YoungAM .681 SabathiaAC 1.25 BuehrleAM 3.0
ShieldsAM .704 McGowanWW 1.26 HalladayWW 3.0
Escobar200 .706 MecheAC 1.26 LillyDD 2.8
BlantonWW .717 Escobar200 1.28 McGowanWW 2.6
RobertsonWW .719 BlantonWW 1.32 Escobar200 2.4
MecheAC .721 VerlanderAM 1.36 Bannister200 2.4
CainAC .721 YoungAM 1.38 Hernandez200 2.3
           
           
Runs created per 27 outs Runs created ERA Component ERA
           
HalladayWW 2.6 HalladayWW 2.37 HalladayWW 2.36
Bannister200 3.2 Bannister200 2.94 Bannister200 2.57
McGowanWW 3.7 McGowanWW 3.29 McGowanWW 3.03
ShieldsAM 4.0 ShieldsAM 3.60 ShieldsAM 3.40
MecheAC 4.0 MecheAC 3.63 Escobar200 3.67
BlantonWW 4.0 BlantonWW 3.74 MecheAC 3.70
YoungAM 4.1 YoungAM 3.76 YoungAM 3.80
RobertsonWW 4.2 RobertsonWW 3.88 SabathiaAC 3.83
Escobar200 4.3 Escobar200 3.91 BlantonWW 3.88
SabathiaAC 4.5 SabathiaAC 4.11 CainAC 4.28
           
           
In-play average Balls in park Extra-base hit rate
           
Bannister200 .238 BlantonWW401 HalladayWW .056
LooperAM .266 HalladayWW372 RobertsonWW .059
HalladayWW .269 SabathiaAC335 YoungAM .060
YoungAM .273 MecheAC326 CainAC .067
MecheAC .276 BuehrleAM318 BlantonWW .073
Escobar200 .279 Zito200313 Escobar200 .081
RobertsonWW .284 LillyDD313 Hernandez200 .081
VerlanderAM .286 Bannister200311 VerlanderAM .081
BlantonWW .292 VerlanderAM311 McGowanWW .083
SantanaWW .298 CainAC303 MecheAC .084
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Single rate
           
SantanaWW262 HalladayWW .348 Bannister200 .124
BuehrleAM248 Bannister200 .413 LooperAM .130
Zito200234 McGowanWW .420 McGowanWW .131
LooperAM224 BlantonWW .432 SantanaWW .131
SabathiaAC220 YoungAM .432 Escobar200 .142
Hernandez200216 ShieldsAM .440 YoungAM .143
VerlanderAM215 Escobar200 .447 MecheAC .148
JamesDD210 CainAC .448 VerlanderAM .153
LillyDD210 RobertsonWW .449 ShieldsAM .159
BlantonWW208 MecheAC .454 CainAC .160
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate Double rate
           
SantanaWW257 HalladayWW .346 YoungAM .030
BuehrleAM244 Bannister200 .403 RobertsonWW .032
Zito200232 McGowanWW .420 Hernandez200 .042
LooperAM224 BlantonWW .427 CainAC .042
SabathiaAC214 YoungAM .430 Zito200 .042
Hernandez200213 ShieldsAM .437 VerlanderAM .045
LillyDD210 SabathiaAC .442 HalladayWW .045
JamesDD209 Escobar200 .443 Escobar200 .046
BlantonWW206 CainAC .443 BlantonWW .048
VerlanderAM205 RobertsonWW .444 ShieldsAM .048
           
           
Batting average vs LHB On-base percentage vs LHB Slugging percentage vs LHB
           
GallardoAC .186 SheetsDD .250 GallardoAC .294
MecheAC .203 MarcumAC .267 SheetsDD .305
SheetsDD .219 Bannister200 .271 MecheAC .335
Bannister200 .219 MecheAC .277 HalladayWW .337
MarcumAC .225 GallardoAC .278 SabathiaAC .346
Escobar200 .236 SabathiaAC .282 MarcumAC .369
BushAM .242 HalladayWW .300 Bannister200 .375
SabathiaAC .247 Escobar200 .303 YoungAM .397
YoungAM .249 ShieldsAM .328 MorrisDD .398
MorrisDD .255 MorrisDD .330 BlantonWW .402
           
           
Hits vs LHB Runs batted in vs LHB On-base plus slugging vs LHB
           
BlantonWW80 Hernandez20034 SheetsDD .555
HalladayWW68 MarquisDD32 GallardoAC .572
Hernandez20066 LooperAM27 MecheAC .612
CainAC61 McGowanWW24 SabathiaAC .628
ShieldsAM61 VerlanderAM24 MarcumAC .636
McGowanWW57 BlantonWW24 HalladayWW .637
VerlanderAM57 YoungAM22 Bannister200 .646
LooperAM53 Escobar20021 Escobar200 .712
Escobar20052 CainAC20 MorrisDD .727
BakerDD51 ShieldsAM20 BlantonWW .734
           
           
Doubles vs LHB Triples vs LHB Homeruns vs LHB
           
McGowanWW17 Bannister2005 MarquisDD11
BlantonWW17 Santana2004 LooperAM10
LooperAM15 LooperAM4 Hernandez2009
Hernandez20014 McGowanWW4 VerlanderAM9
Bannister20014 CainAC4 DempsterAC8
CainAC12 ShieldsAM4 Santana2008
ShieldsAM12 LillyDD3 Escobar2007
HalladayWW12 MarquisDD3 SantanaWW6
BakerDD11 MecheAC3 ShieldsAM6
MorrisDD11 Escobar2003 McCarthyWW5
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHB Total bases vs LHB Isolated power vs LHB
           
LooperAM29 Hernandez200111 HalladayWW .077
Hernandez20025 BlantonWW109 SheetsDD .086
McGowanWW25 LooperAM106 SabathiaAC .099
Santana20022 ShieldsAM99 BlantonWW .107
ShieldsAM22 VerlanderAM96 GallardoAC .108
BlantonWW22 McGowanWW94 CainAC .123
Bannister20021 Escobar20090 MecheAC .132
Escobar20021 MarquisDD89 BakerDD .139
MarquisDD20 Santana20088 MorrisDD .143
VerlanderAM20 HalladayWW88 MarcumAC .144
           
           
Walks vs LHB Strikeouts vs LHB Hit by pitch vs LHB
           
CainAC33 Escobar20054 BushAM3
YoungAM28 McGowanWW52 SantanaWW3
MarquisDD22 MecheAC46 Santana2003
McGowanWW22 ShieldsAM43 MarquisDD3
Hernandez20021 VerlanderAM42 Bannister2003
MecheAC20 HalladayWW38 BuehrleAM2
Escobar20020 Hernandez20036 SabathiaAC2
VerlanderAM19 CainAC36 Hill2002
MorrisDD18 GallardoAC34 VerlanderAM2
LooperAM16 LooperAM32 MecheAC2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHB Sacrifice flies vs LHB Atbats vs LHB
           
FuentesAC1 YoungAM4 BlantonWW271
AccardoAC1 VillanuevaAM3 HalladayWW261
SaundersDD1 PerezWW2 Escobar200220
LowryAC1 FrasorDD2 ShieldsAM215
Shields2001 SorianoAC2 CainAC212
Escobar2001 Shields2002 MecheAC212
    Hill2002 VerlanderAM205
    MarcumAC2 McGowanWW204
    SheetsDD2 Bannister200192
    Santana2002 Hernandez200190
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHB AB per double vs LHB Plate appearances vs LHB
           
SantanaWW 12.8 LillyDD 10.3 BlantonWW289
MarquisDD 13.3 Hill200 10.3 HalladayWW277
BushAM 16.5 McGowanWW 12.0 CainAC246
CorreiaDD 16.5 LooperAM 12.6 Escobar200242
VillanuevaAM 18.3 Hernandez200 13.6 MecheAC235
Santana200 18.4 Bannister200 13.7 ShieldsAM229
LooperAM 18.9 BakerDD 14.4 McGowanWW226
Hernandez200 21.1 MorrisDD 14.6 VerlanderAM226
VerlanderAM 22.8 Santana200 14.7 YoungAM221
Hill200 25.8 SantanaWW 15.4 Hernandez200213
           
           
Batting average vs RHB On-base percentage vs RHB Slugging percentage vs RHB
           
HalladayWW .202 HalladayWW .234 HalladayWW .287
YoungAM .214 ShieldsAM .249 YoungAM .321
CainAC .222 Bannister200 .272 LowryAC .347
ShieldsAM .225 CainAC .281 CainAC .347
Bannister200 .237 BlantonWW .290 ShieldsAM .354
VerlanderAM .246 YoungAM .294 Bannister200 .385
RobertsonWW .251 LillyDD .307 Escobar200 .386
BlantonWW .253 SabathiaAC .311 RobertsonWW .386
Escobar200 .255 Escobar200 .311 VerlanderAM .393
LillyDD .266 VerlanderAM .321 Hernandez200 .394
           
           
Hits vs RHB Runs batted in vs RHB On-base plus slugging vs RHB
           
BuehrleAM112 SantanaWW62 HalladayWW .521
Zito200106 Zito20054 ShieldsAM .603
SabathiaAC105 BuehrleAM54 YoungAM .615
SantanaWW92 RobertsonWW45 CainAC .628
LillyDD89 SabathiaAC43 Bannister200 .657
JamesDD78 LillyDD38 BlantonWW .691
RobertsonWW74 JamesDD37 Escobar200 .697
SheetsDD71 SaundersDD33 LowryAC .714
LowryAC66 Santana20029 VerlanderAM .714
MecheAC59 CainAC28 RobertsonWW .728
           
           
Doubles vs RHB Triples vs RHB Homeruns vs RHB
           
SabathiaAC27 SantanaWW2 SantanaWW23
JamesDD24 LillyDD2 BuehrleAM23
BuehrleAM20 SabathiaAC2 Zito20017
SantanaWW19 Lewis2001 JamesDD16
Zito20017 Parra2001 LillyDD11
LillyDD17 LedezmaAM1 SabathiaAC11
MorrisDD13 NathanDD1 Santana20010
SheetsDD13 PerezWW1 LooperAM10
SaundersDD12 Lester2001 RobertsonWW10
MecheAC12 GallardoAC1 SaundersDD8
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHB Total bases vs RHB Isolated power vs RHB
           
SantanaWW44 BuehrleAM201 LowryAC .078
BuehrleAM43 SantanaWW184 HalladayWW .084
JamesDD40 Zito200174 Hernandez200 .094
SabathiaAC40 SabathiaAC169 YoungAM .107
Zito20034 JamesDD150 CainAC .126
LillyDD30 LillyDD143 ShieldsAM .129
SaundersDD20 RobertsonWW114 Escobar200 .131
MecheAC20 SheetsDD96 RobertsonWW .136
RobertsonWW20 MecheAC95 MorrisDD .142
LooperAM19 SaundersDD87 SheetsDD .146
           
           
Walks vs RHB Strikeouts vs RHB Hit by pitch vs RHB
           
RobertsonWW41 SabathiaAC83 VerlanderAM8
Zito20038 SantanaWW79 LowryAC5
LowryAC35 LillyDD69 MorrisDD4
JamesDD22 RobertsonWW61 SabathiaAC4
SantanaWW21 BuehrleAM60 Parra2003
LillyDD21 YoungAM51 Lee2003
BuehrleAM21 LowryAC42 Hernandez2003
YoungAM17 JamesDD40 WolfWW2
LooperAM17 Zito20040 FuentesAC2
Lester20016 McGowanWW38 JanssenDD2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHB Sacrifice flies vs RHB Atbats vs RHB
           
DempsterAC1 SantanaWW5 SabathiaAC378
BroxtonDD1 Zito2005 BuehrleAM359
FuentesAC1 VerlanderAM4 LillyDD334
MorrisDD1 LowryAC4 SantanaWW325
    Santana2003 Zito200321
    CainAC3 RobertsonWW295
    Hernandez2003 LowryAC245
    RobertsonWW3 JamesDD235
    LillyDD3 VerlanderAM191
    BuehrleAM3 MecheAC190
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHB AB per double vs RHB Plate appearances vs RHB
           
SantanaWW 14.1 JamesDD 9.8 SabathiaAC399
JamesDD 14.7 SaundersDD 11.6 BuehrleAM385
BuehrleAM 15.6 MorrisDD 11.9 Zito200366
LooperAM 16.7 SheetsDD 13.2 LillyDD358
SaundersDD 17.4 SabathiaAC 14.0 SantanaWW353
Zito200 18.9 MarquisDD 15.5 RobertsonWW340
MecheAC 23.8 MecheAC 15.8 LowryAC289
BlantonWW 26.0 SantanaWW 17.1 JamesDD258
Bannister200 28.2 BuehrleAM 18.0 VerlanderAM218
RobertsonWW 29.5 LooperAM 18.6 MecheAC203